Women’s War Time Roles Prompt Public Debate
A century of feminist gains left women close to equality yet lacking universal draft rights. The piece argues for women to join all services, noting poor recruitment and urging action via nearby recruiting centers. It mentions Bath Maine civic plans, incinerator doubts, and the Maine Legislature to vote on war-era suffrage, with taxes rising and local fishers reporting ice conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Uniformed Services
Reading the Form for Winter Coal Delivery
The note advises readers to read the required form to present to their coal dealer before next winter's coal delivery. A foreign report notes American goods, including sugar, in Russian stores. April brings clear skies but below freezing temperatures with a rise expected later. motorists fear the growing number of kids on bicycles.
Draperies Planned At Huse School Auditorium
The executive PTA committee agreed to install curtains in the Huse School auditorium during the week of April 17. Harmon W. Smith and other members attended the meeting. Pinafore will be staged by upper grades and The Land of Make Believe by lower grades. Fourth and fifth graders will present special numbers between acts. A Penny Sale will be held April 12 under Reid Bartlett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse
PTA
Harmon W. Smith
William Edgett
Alex Burgess
Robert Pendleton
J. A. Trueworthy
Eleanor Danforth
Gilbert & Sullivan
Land of Make Believe
Karin Sundelal Ashbrand
W. C. Wessel
Cubbing
Reid Bartlett
Winter Street Men's Club Meets Thursday
Winter Street Men's club met in the church parlor Thursday evening. The Ladies Auxiliary served a hot dog and baked bean supper and the men gave a rising vote of thanks. Henry Small led a short business session and showed three reels of movies including Design for Power and Safarino Wheels. A feminist committee of Fred Higgins, Harry Walters and M A Haggen was appointed to present a list of officers at the first poll meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Henry Small
Safarino
Africa
Fred Higgins
Harry Walters
M.A. Llaggen
Club 42 Plans May Banquet at Hotel Phoenix
Chip 42 meeting discussed a May banquet at the Hotel Phoenix with plans for a second week event. Dolly Goodwin Mary McCabe and Laura Hart led a program as refreshments were served and an entertainment moment presented. Members were reminded to attend club rooms Monday at 6 45 for a theatre visit and a spaghetti supper was planned for seven oclock Thursday evening. April committees were named with Mrs Charles L Hoebel Mrs Malcolm Lundberg and Mrs Joseph Mullaney on entertainment and Mrs Dorothy Olsen heading the April cleanup with assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chip
Die Wiha
Dolly Goodwin
Mary McCabe
Laura Hart
Opera Howe
Mit
Club Ronims
Hotel Phoenix
Charles L. Hoebel
Malcolm Lundberg
Joseph Mullaney
Dorothy Olsen
Central Ladies Aid Plans Post Easter Sale and Sew
The Central Ladies Aid met Thursday at the parish house to plan a post Easter sale and supper. The afternoon included sewing patchwork toward a quilt and a social hour with refreshments by Mrs. Jason A. Merrill. The group will meet again next Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ientral
Jason A. Merrill
Aid
Rotary Anns Dine And Have Meeting In New London
Rotary Anns met Thursday at one o clock with Mrs Ralph Q Warren at 912 Washington street. Plates were laid for 14 including two guests Mrs Lincoln Fraser of Milton Mass and Mrs Edward Cosden of Darien Conn. A business meeting followed the meal with plans for a public supper April 22 at Central church parish house and committees appointed for the kitchen tickets and dining room. The Rotary Convention in Quebec in early May was discussed and the next meeting set for April 13 with Mrs William J Craft on Washington street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Anns
Ralph Q. Warren
Washington Street
Lincoln Fraser
Milton
Mass
Edward Cosden
Darien
Conn
Naval Department of the
Bath Iron Works
Warren
John Parker
Charles B Doyle
Central Church
Ralph D. Warren
Frederick D. Hill
Chester A. Plant
Carl C. Anderson
Edward Bridgham
Rotary
Quebec
William J. Craft
Harold Troop
Charles B. Doyle
James Clappison
Dominique Tardif
Chester Plant
Carl Anderson
Horace Herrick
Donald Emero
County Democrats Meet to Organize
A large turnout filled City Hall Common Council room as the Democratic County Committee organized. James B. Temple of Bath was elected chairman with James Carr of Richmond as vice chairman and Mrs Courtney Hinckley of Richmond as secretary. Plans for June primary candidates were discussed. next meeting set for April 11 in Topsham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic County Committee
City Hall
James B. Temple
Bath
James Carr
Richmond
Courtney Hinckley
Arrowsie
Norman Drummond
Alexander Burgess
James Temple
Bowdoin
B. Clutter Bowdoinham
Norman Reed
Georgetown
Percy Savage
Phippsburg
Warren Thompson
Topsham
Darlas Moran
West Bath
Maude Bryant
Woolwich
Carlton Day Reed
Nelson Rice
Surprise Linen Shower for Doris Babine Ends in Gifts
Mrs Raymond Shipley hosted a surprise linen shower for Miss Doris Babine, whose marriage to Cpl Frank MacDonald Brewer will be solemnized at St Marys church April 11. Guests included Mrs Emanuel Gallant and many others, with gifts and refreshments provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Shipley
Floral Street
Doris Babine
Cpl
Frank MacDonald
Brewer
St. Mary’s Church
Miss Babine
Harold Ames
Emanuel Gallant
Rose
Theresa Gallant
George Babine
Arthur Boulay
Charles Dorsey
Raymond Trish
Frank Gallant
John Gaudet
Joseph Brown
Marie Boucher
Louise Babine
Stanley Coleman
Marguerite
Pauline Brown
Betty Dauprin
Pythian Sisters Meet Gives District Report and Prizes
Lowell temple Pythian Sisters met after the weekly supper with a large gathering. Mrs Mary Curtis reported on the district meeting. Mary Curtis won the mystery prize and Margaret Hanscom won the penny match. Superior Judge Louis E Bunge sentenced Woodrow Wilson Clark to death for the 15 hatchet killings after denying a motion for a new trial. The jury had recommended the death penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters
Mary Curtis
Marion Darrah
Margaret Hanscom
Louis E. Bunge
Spokane
Wash
Woodrow Wilson Clark
Kennebunk
Supreme Court
Bunge
Clark
Bowdoin College Opens Placement Bureau Named Director
Bowdoin College announces the near term opening of a Placement and Personnel Bureau. Samuel A. Ladd of Brunswick is appointed director, a Bowdoin class of 1929 member with extensive experience at Milton Bradley and J. L. Hammett. He serves as Rotary president and War Chest chairman while guiding Bowdoin graduates in education, industry, and professions after military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Collegee
Sills
Samuel A. Ladd
Brunswick
Ladd
Bowdoin College
Milton-Bradley Co
Springfield
Boston
New England
J. L. Hammett Co
Cambridge
Rotary Club
Brunswick War Chest
Boy Scouts
Bowdoin Unien
Bowdoin
Massachusetts Hall
Bond and Stamp Sales Pass 90 060 This Week
School pupil purchases of War bonds and stamps for the current school year surpassed the 90 thousand mark last week. Net totals show accumulative increases over last year with final figures: this week 82.404 50 and 90 2844 70. last year total 57 604 65.
Mrs Laura Norton Birthday Party Features Gifts and Joy
Mrs Laura Norton of 814 Middles street hosted a birthday party Thursday evening with relatives and friends. The gathering was lively with games and music as three birthday cakes were cut and refreshments served. Attendees included Henry Hendrickson Harold Wood Virginia Kennedy Ford Gardim Millicent Gardim Esther Trott Nettie Hawes Fred Morse Chandler George Harriman Howard Crescy Allan Norton and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Norton
Middlestreet
Esther Trott
Nettie Hawes
Fred Morse
Chandler
George Harriman
Howard Crescy
Allan Norton
Maine Announces April Vehicle and Tire Quotas
Thomas E. Jordan, Maine OPA Mileage Rationing Officer, reports April quota figures for Maine. Grade one fires stand at 4.638, down 31 from March. grade three tires at 3,318, down 260. Passenger tire tubes at 4.981, automobile quota 71, bicycle quota 149, track tire quotas slightly increased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Jordan
Maine
OPA
Enterprise Grange Hosts Pomona Meeting Highlights
Enterprise Grange No 48 hosted Sagadahoc Pomona Grange for the March meeting. Master Joseph W Randlette presided at 4 p m with reports from subordinate granges and a juvenile delinquency committee appointed. Over 100 attendees enjoyed a supper and a 35th anniversary tribute to Mr and Mrs Charles M White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Grange No. 48
Sagadahoc Pomona
White
Ladies of Enterprise Grange
The
Pomona
Fred B. Allen
Lincoln County
Red Cross
G. Cleveland Mar Tiner
Topsham Grange
E. Carroll Bean
March Weather Compared To Last Year Remains Similar
The report notes March this year was chilly but fair with 22 fair days, one less than last year. Snow fell on four days totaling ten inches, rain occurred five days, and there was one cloudy day, with temperatures peaking at 37 and colder mornings around six to minus four on specific dates compared to March 1943.
Bailey Seeks Alternate Berth At GOP National Convention
County Commissioner Roscoe G. Bailey announced his candidacy for selection as an alternate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago. A long time Republican and Bath Water District member, he championed toll-free Carlton Bridge and the Bath Brunswick highway, promising to boost Sagadahoc Republicans if chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe G. Bailey
Chicago
Bailey
Bath Water District
Carlton Bridge
Bath and Brunswick
G. O P
Sagadahoc
Lions Club approves plan for hospital ward use
The Lions Club approves a plan to furnish a four bed ward at the hospital or alternative room. A committee will report at the next meeting. The club also votes to buy seats for the Pine Tree Crippled Children's Association fundraiser and to donate to the Red Cross War Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Tree Crippled Children’s Association
Red Cross War Fund
Waste Paper Drive To Be Held In Bath
The city will conduct a waste paper drive on Monday April 10 weather permitting. School children will lead the drive and residents are urged to have every bit of waste paper and cardboard tied for collection. A freight car will be in Bath that day to load the paper directly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
South End Victory Club postpones fat collection drive
The South End Victory Club meeting slated for last Wednesday was canceled due to club activity but the executive committee voted to donate $2 to the Red Cross fund. Members report many calls from housewives across the city restricting collections to the South End and Russell Street. Calls came from North End Lambert Park and Hyde Park Terrace. members hope for a North End Victory Club. A club meeting will be held at Cherry Street rooms after school Wednesday.
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South End
North End
Lambert Park
Hyde Park Terrace
North End Victory Club
Cherry Street
Third Auto Stolen Then Recovered In City Drive
A wave of car thefts hit the city with a black 141 Ford owned by Paul B. Wilson taken from Front street. The vehicle was recovered about 3 30 this morning by Patrolman Waldo R. Weston on Lincoln street. A Pontiac owned by Howard E. Blake was found Thursday in Norway with the dog Trixie missing. Another Pontiac stolen from Commercial Street between midnight and 8 am Wednesday remains unfound.
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Paul B. Wilson
Washington Street
Mr. Wilson
Waldo R. Weston
Lincoln Street
Howard E. Blake
Crescent Street
Norway
Trixie
Front Street
Commercial Street
Theatres Present Red Cross Donation Totals
Checks totaling 1153.48 were presented to Mrs G Baer Connard for the Red Cross War Fund drive. Nathan Press and Earl Gibson handed the funds from Bath Opera House and Uptown theatres for the week March 22 to 28 and employer subscriptions. Opera House 762.48 Uptown 391. Thanks to Nurses Aides Motor Corps Canteen Corps and all Red Cross volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Baer Connard
Red Cross War Fund
Nathan Press
Bath Opera House
Earl Gibson
Uptown
Opera House
Motor Corps
Red Cross
Scout Master Training Course Discussed
A small group met in Room K at Morse High to launch a Fundamentals of Scouting course. Percy Dunn of Portland spoke on development and essentials, a film titled Scout Trails to Citizenship was shown, and Edwin R. Andrews spoke on community use of the program.
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Room K
Morse High
Percy Dunn
Portland
Edwin R. Andrews
Miss Irene Elliott to Wed Lieut Doe in Bath May
Miss Irene T Elliott of Brooklyn and Bath engaged to Lieut Frerett Scott Doe U S N son of Mr and Mrs Oscar A Doe of Sunland California The couple’s wedding is planned for Bath in May Lieut Doe recently returned from a year in the South Pacific theater and attended Pasadena Junior College UC Berkeley and Midshipman School at Northwestern University
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel T. Elliott
Irene. T. Elliott
Frerett Scott Doe
U.S.N
Oscar Allen Doe
Sunland
Calif
Miss Elliott
Sperry Gyroscope Corporation
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bath
Ron Works Corp
Lieut. Doe
Pasadena Junior College
Pasadena
University of California At Berkeley
Midshipman's School
Northwestern University
Chicago
South Pacific
Motor vehicle cases heard in municipal court Monday
Three motor vehicle violations from State Police and three intoxication cases from local officers opened the Monday docket in Municipal Court with Judge Gardiner R. Deering presiding. Thomas R. Stanley of Camden pleaded guilty to passing on a hill and paid $10 fine plus $4.70 costs. Jerome Rothschild of Raymond Court admitted leaving the scene of an accident and faced $50 fine and $4.70 costs or two months in jail. Perley M. Denaco of Farrin Street admitted driving under the influence and faced $100 fine and $6.50 costs or two months in jail. Three others jailed on intoxication charges received varying penalties including suspended sentences and probation. Col W. J. Calvert presented the War Food Administration’s award to Burnham & Morrill Co. plants. Charles F. Morrill accepted for the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
Thomas R. Stanley
Camden
Woolwich
Stanley
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
Harding
Francis W. Powers
Augusta
Powers
Jerome Rothschild
Raymond Court
Rothschild
Wiscasset
Donaco
Rationing Reminders For The Consumers In WWII
A wartime notice outlines current rationing rules for meats and fats blue and red stamps, sugar stamps, home canning allowances, shoes and fuel oil. It details stamp numbers, points, book numbers, and expiry or validity dates with deadlines for tire inspection and vehicle categories.
Will Sell Lilies For Worthy Cause
Elizabeth Lawrence Society C A R members will sell Easter lilies Friday and Saturday to benefit Pine Tree Society for Crippled Children. Girls listed include Evelyn Perkins Jane Trott Elaine Noyes Joanne Heal Barbara Cooke Barbara Lou Deering Cynthia Moses Virginia Andre Hopeful Reed Mary Lou Reed Barbara Wright Betty Mae Hopkins Carolyn Miller Audrey King. The next meeting is at Mrs. Bowen Torrey's Trufant's Crossing New Meadows, Tuesday April 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Lawrence Society
Pine Tree Society
Evelyn Perkins
Jane Trott
Elaine Noyes
Joanne Heal
Barbara Cooke
Barbara Lou Deering
Cynthia Moses
Virginia Andre
Hopesuill Reed
Mary Lou Reed
Barbara Wright
Betty Mae Hopkins
Carolyn Miller
Audrey King
Bowen Torrey
Trufant's Crossing
New Meadows
Court House
Torrey
Lily Sale
Ingalls Family Heads to Wisconsin Paper Mill Job
Mr and Mrs Eugene G Ingalls and sons George and Richard of Berlin New Hampshire were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Eugene Ingalls of North Bath. They depart Monday for Wausau Wisconsin where Mr Ingalls will serve as superintendent of a paper mill after ten years with Brown Company of Berlin. He graduated Morse High class of 30 and Bowdoin College in 34. They travel by automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene G. Ingalls
George
Richard
Berlin
N. H
Ingalls
Eugene Ingalls
North Bath
Wausau
Wisconsin
Brown Company
Morse High
WEEKLY CROSS WORD PUZZLE CLUES AND CRYPTOQUOTE
The page lists cross word clues by across and down numbers with many theme entries and a long cryptogram quotation. It includes entries like Potato sunk ter bear eat away skin tum Guido s lowest n and a quoted cryptoquote attributed to Plutarch about false alarms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Coral Island
Plutarch
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Times Company
Pront Street
Nichols, Pres. and
Treas
Harry C. Webber
Natio
What's
Matter
Girls
Bangor
Moosehead
Sewal
Merrymeting Bay
Kennebec
Club 42
Phoenix
Central Ladies’ Aid
Pythian Sisters
LOWES
Accu- Sehiool
Gram
Pri
We Ag
South St
Enterprise Grange
Mercury
Lions Club
South End Victory Club
Irene T. Elliot
Lieut
Doe
W. J. Calvert
War Food Administration
Burnham & Morrill Co
Deering High School
Charles F. Morrill
C.A.R
Fund For Crippled Children
Guido
Magistrate
Turk
Barium
Sym
Marrow
ELZ Loi Rludavaoz
JC Elc Duaoy
Sato—Adyevo
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